§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the percentages of councillors in each local authority who are(a) men and (b) women. [95169]
§ Dr. ReidThe information in the table is derived from the Directory of Scottish Local Government, which is produced jointly by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the Scottish Local Government Information Unit. It represents the positions at the end of July 1999.
Council Total number of councillors Men (%) Women (%) Aberdeen City 43 30 70 13 30 Aberdeenshire 68 45 66 23 34 Angus 29 22 76 7 24 Argyll and Bute 36 30 83 6 17 Clackmannanshire 18 14 78 4 22 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 31 27 87 4 13 Dumfries and Galloway 47 37 79 10 21 Dundee City 29 23 79 6 21 East Ayrshire 32 26 81 6 19 East Dunbartonshire 24 16 67 8 33 East Lothian 23 19 83 4 17 East Renfrewshire 20 17 85 3 15 City of Edinburgh 58 44 76 14 24 Falkirk 32 27 84 5 16 Fife 78 50 64 28 36 Glasgow City 79 57 72 22 28 Highland 80 64 80 16 20 lnverclyde 20 18 90 2 10 Midlothian 18 15 83 3 17 Moray 26 21 81 5 19 North Ayrshire 30 24 80 6 20 North Lanarkshire 70 64 91 6 9 Orkney Islands 21 19 90 2 10 Perth and Kinross 41 32 78 9 22 Renfrewshire 40 28 70 12 30 Scottish Borders 34 30 88 4 12 Shetland Islands 22 17 77 5 23 South Ayrshire 30 20 67 10 33 South Lanarkshire 67 48 72 19 28 Stirling 22 15 68 7 32 West Dunbartonshire 22 17 77 5 23 West Lothian 32 26 81 6 19